Just when the whole county of Tokugawa Prefecture was in full swing to suppress bandits, on December 2, the thirteenth year of the Apocalypse, a special guest came to Tokugawa Prefecture. This person's whereabouts are secretive, after entering the city from the west gate of Tokugawa Prefecture, he looked around, learned about the local social situation and the military garrison, and finally went to the vicinity of the battlefield to observe the military training of the troops, his actions soon attracted the attention of the Security Bureau, just when he left the battlefield, the personnel of the Security Bureau had firmly focused on him, but to the surprise of the tracking personnel of the Security Bureau, this person actually swaggered to the county guard's mansion, and posted a request to see Qin Dui.

Seeing that he was dressed ordinarily, the reception staff was reluctant to explain his identity, but blindly asked Qin Dui to meet him in person, so he reported to Qin Dui, who was discussing with Zhuge Fang what was the purpose of the recent abnormal transfer exercise of the army in the Northwest County, and how to contact and negotiate with the forces around the Huns. Fortunately, except for the Huns and Chidi, all other forces had permanent offices in Tokugawa Prefecture.

When the reception staff reported it to Qin Dui, Qin Duan also felt a little strange. Could it be that this person has something unsightly to tell him face-to-face, Zhuge Fang even thinks that it will be a make-up assassin sent by hostile forces. As a precaution, Liu Si, the commander of Qin Dui's personal guard brigade, personally checked the whole body of the person who came and found that there was nothing abnormal about this person, but there was a secret letter hidden in his shoes, but the person who came insisted that this must be opened by Qin Duan himself.

At the same time that Liu Si reported these situations to Qin Dui, the personnel of the Security Bureau also fed back the information to Qin Dui, and Qin Dui couldn't help but become interested in the visitor, so he ordered Liu Si to bring the person to the meeting room.

"I'm Qin Du, if your Excellency has anything to say, you can say it now."

Qin Duan looked at the visitor with a smile on his face. This is a middle-aged man who looks very ordinary, and from the looks of it, he should have nomadic blood and yellowish skin. The eyes are black, but the hair is somewhat naturally curly, and the nose is hooked and the lips are thin, and at first glance it belongs to the strong-willed type of character.

The people who came were also a little surprised, the young man in front of him was so young, but the momentum of the world was revealed. People can tell at a glance that he is the master here. "I'm from the Tengger steppe, my name is Casilon, and I'm a messenger sent by Muruya, the king of our Chidi."

Qin Du and Zhuge Fang exchanged glances knowingly, trying their best to hide the joy in their hearts, they really just wanted to sleep when someone sent a pillow, just now they were talking about how to send someone to contact the Chidi people, and in a blink of an eye, the envoy of the Chidi people was already sitting in front of him, it seems that the Chidi people must have the same idea as themselves, which can be used well.

Qin Duan pretended to be surprised. hurriedly beckoned someone to take a seat, "Oh, it turned out to be a friend from afar, please take a seat, come and serve tea, good tea." ”

Cassilon immediately took out the secret letter and handed it to Qin Du with both hands, "This is a secret letter from our king to your lord, please check the seal before you look at it." ”

Qin Duan was also very cautious. Secret luck is used in the hands to prevent poison on the secret letter. After taking the secret letter, he looked at the sealed fire paint, and when he opened it, there was only one page inside, and only one sentence was written on it: "Casillon has gone to your land to negotiate relevant matters on his own behalf." Muruya". There is also a lifelike wolf head mark on it.

After reading it, Qin Duan handed the secret letter to Zhuge Fang, Zhuge Fang glanced at it, nodded to Qin Dui, and handed it back to Qin Dui.

When the attendant brought the tea, Casillon took a sip gently. Placing the teacup on the table, I began to look at the layout of the room.

Qin Duan also carefully observed this person in front of him, he could be selected as a special envoy by Chidi, and the plenipotentiary representative Muruya came to negotiate, he was definitely not a person, looking at his posture of drinking tea, he should be from a noble family.

Nomads are accustomed to drinking brick tea, bitter tea, Tuo tea and other strong and heavy teas, which are very different from the green tea and flower tea preferred by people in the eastern continent and the traditional black tea preferred by people in the middle and western continents. Because the staple food of nomads is mainly beef and mutton and cheese, and they like to drink cow and goat milk, they must drink strong tea every day to relieve oiliness, otherwise people will get sick.

Therefore, ordinary herdsmen are accustomed to drinking those brick tea, bitter tea, Tuo tea and other tea leaves, while other tea leaves feel that the taste is too light and tasteless.

Only their aristocrats enjoyed the same habit of drinking green tea as the inhabitants of the Eastern Continent. And this person can be seen from the tea drinking posture and the attitude towards tea tasting that he has been drinking green tea for a long time, so it can be concluded that he was born in the Chidi aristocracy.

"This is the best green tea Longjing produced in Jiangnan County of our empire, I brought it back from the imperial capital Yanjing, it is a special offering for the palace, it is difficult to get, Mr. envoy, it tastes good, right?" Qin Duan also deliberately didn't ask Cassilon about his intentions, and instead talked to him about the tea ceremony.

"It's light and fresh, with an endless aftertaste, and it really lives up to its name." Cassilon half-closed his eyes and nodded with great enjoyment, as if he was still savoring.

"Your Excellency, if you like it, I can give you some of it, but it's not much." Qin Duan rubbed his chin and said with a sigh.

"The dignity of a county, can't you give more of it? You don't know what I'm here for. Casillon replied with a pretentious gesture.

"Everyone understands people, Mr. Casillon's intentions, and we also know that it is easier to talk to people who understand, don't you say, Mr. Casillon?" Zhuge Fang interjected quietly.

Casillon took a careful look at Zhuge Fang, it seems that this person is not easy to match.

"Oh, that's good, hopefully our conversation will satisfy both of us." A smile also appeared on Casillon's tense face, it seemed that these two guys were cunning things, and they didn't know how long it would take to wait for them to speak. "Then we can get to business."

Qin Duan also nodded, "It's okay, as for the tea ceremony, when we finish talking about business, it's not too late to come and learn slowly." ”

"Our king wants to know about you and see if we can form an alliance against the Huns." Casillon gets straight to the point and gets straight to the point.

"Then what does your king want to know?"

Qin Duan asked very casually. At this time, the more casual the expression, the more they can grasp the initiative, and they will not make people feel that they want to cooperate with their Chidi people very much.

"Your overall strength, especially the strength of the army, the support of the people for you, and the state of defense facilities." Cassilon cherishes words like gold.

"The attitude of the common people, I believe that Mr. Casillon has already understood, the combat effectiveness of the army, last year's war has been verified, and in terms of defense facilities, Mr. Casillon has also seen that we are stepping up construction." Zhuge put a few words lightly.

"With all due respect, the support of the common people is indeed very high, but I don't fully know the strength of your army, last year's war had a great deal of chance, and it doesn't mean anything, as for your defense, it can now be said to be equal to zero, if the enemy attacks, there is no ability to resist at all." Casillon's words were scathing.

Qin Du also felt that the person in front of him spoke very sharply, and even he felt a little difficult to hear, but after thinking about it carefully, he was looking at the problem on behalf of the other party, and he could see it more clearly and thoroughly, this is the case, but many times he didn't want to think about the bad side.

"What does Mr. Eccarsilon mean?" Zhuge asked vaguely.

"I'm going to know exactly what you're going to do, and I'm going to decide whether or not to form an alliance with you." Cassilon's tone was firm.

It seems that this man is a difficult fellow, and I don't know if he is dissatisfied with this little possessions. If not, the covenant may be in vain. Qin Du and Zhuge Fang exchanged glances with each other and nodded, "Okay, let's think about it, Mr. Casillon can rest for a while, and then reply to you after we discuss it." ”

When Cassilon was arranged by the reception staff to rest, Qin Duan immediately summoned Liang Qiming, Liu Xiaoshan, Li Daring, and Shangguan Yonglun to discuss the matter together.

When Zhuge Fang finished introducing the whole matter and explained the original opinions that Qin Dui had envisioned, Qin Dui didn't say a word, just motioned to the four of them to think carefully. After a long time, Qin Duan sighed softly, "Mr. Zhuge , I think we may have thought too much about it on the way back at first, it seems that this Chidi King Muruya and the envoy Kasilon are not weak, and our alliance with them seems to be unimportant now." ”

Qin Duan's words not only surprised Zhuge Dalian, but even Liang Qiming, Liu Xiaoshan, Li Daring, and Shangguan Yonglun were also surprised. Only then did Zhuge Fang give a detailed introduction to the current form combined with his and Qin Dui's original considerations, and the two of them agreed with Zhuge Fang and Qin Dui's opinions very much, why did Qin Duan suddenly retreat again?

Seeing that the three of them all looked suspicious, Qin Duan waved his hand, "I didn't mean to give up dealing with the Chidi people, but I have some new ideas. Don't say anything just yet, and when I'm alone to think about it, you sit here for a while. After saying that, Qin Duan left the meeting room alone and walked towards the garden in the county guard's mansion with his hands behind his back.

With such urgency as Casillon appeared, it seemed that the Chidi would surely have a real rivalry with the Huns within this year, otherwise they would not have been so eager to find allies.

The problem is that now their own strength is definitely not on the table, and a discerning person will know it at a glance, not to mention that the so-called covenant is just a few words on a piece of paper, whether or not they can abide by the provisions of the covenant depends on their respective circumstances at the time, if necessary, even if there is no such thing, the same thing that should happen will happen, with this thing, if it is not good for itself, it will be left behind, this is very clear to the Chidi people themselves, the government is so ugly, and every qiē must be subordinated to the interests of the country. Qin Du silently walked on the garden path.

However, since the Chidi people sent to the door, it is impossible to say that they do not cooperate, if the truth envisions that a big war will break out between the Chidi and the Huns, he can use this opportunity to think of some other ways to contain the power of the Huns, and try to postpone this inevitable war with the Huns, so as to buy himself more time to prepare. (To be continued......)